The northwest corner of Diversey and Pulaski is a parking lot today. But at one time it was the site of a lovely Chicago landmark. In 1935 the Olson Rug Company was expanding its Diversey Avenue ...

For years, Olson was the leading rug company in the area — the first rug and carpet maker to build a plant west of Pennsylvania. The factory and showroom had 1.5 million feet of floor space and ...

Unique it was, coming to life in 1935, the middle of the Great Depression, when Walter E. Olson decided to create a park next to his carpet factory at Diversey Avenue and Pulaski Road on the ...

The Olson Rug Factory designed the Waterfall Park as a tie-in to its showroom, but commercially-driven or not, the mystical site became a major attraction for Chicagoans with kids.